WhatsApp? 10 other things Facebook could have bought with $19 billion

Four World Trade Centers ($16B) – Mark Zuckerberg and crew could've built four new World Trade Center skyscrapers, at a cost of $3.94 billion each.

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The UN's aid budget for a year ($13B) – In December, the UN asked for a record-breaking $13 billion for worldwide humanitarian relief operations in 2014, half of which will aid Syria. The purchase price of WhatsApp could've paid for all of that and more.

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12.6 billion hot dogs – Mark Zuckerberg's favorite food is the bacon-wrapped hot dog. Some California vendors sell these for $1.50 each, meaning Facebook could've bought enough to feed Mark Zuckerberg one hot dog every second for the next 400 years.

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A loan deal with Ukraine ($15B) – Ukraine's president announced it would accept a massive $15 billion loan deal from Russia last year, touching off deadly protests in the country that have left dozens dead and its capital in flames.

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678 nuclear bombs – One B61-12 nuclear bomb (not pictured) is estimated to cost $28 million, so Facebook could gather a stockpile of 678 of them instead of buying the messaging app.

Relief for the Philippines ($6B) – Typhoon Haiyan devastated the Philippines and killed more than 5,000 people. The recovery may cost $6 billion -- less than one-third of what Facebook paid for WhatsApp.

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19,000 Ai Weiwei vases – This week, a Miami artist made headlines by destroying a $1 million vase by famed Chinese artist Ai Weiwei. Facebook could probably help pay for that.

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A nest egg for Big Bird – Do you love Big Bird? American broadcaster PBS receives $450 million in annual federal funding -- something Facebook could've paid for the next 4 decades.

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A 198 million year Netflix binge – The popular TV streaming service costs $7.99 a month.

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Facebook's acquisition of the hugely popular messaging service WhatsApp for $19 billion is one of the largest tech deals in history. It dwarfs Facebook's acquisition of Instagram for $1 billion in 2012 -- and even that was considered an astonishing number by many.

Since $19 billion is a sum most of us can hardly comprehend (and because it's fun to imagine), we came up with a list of other things Mark Zuckerberg and his team could have purchased for $19 billion.